New beginnings

Never one to be overtly gauche in my ambitions, I have spent the better part of the last ten months* determining what I should do for self improvement in terms of New Year’s resolutions. Sure, everybody can make promises in the bright light of a dawning new year. But to keep those promises with the weight of the holidays on the horizon? That takes special sort of soul. And I am just that sort of soul: special.
So I am beginning November 1st by participating in that NaBloPoMo, daily posting gig. I can’t pronounce the damn word, but I am hoping that the daily discipline of posting something about my oh-so-fascinating existence here at Caloden will add a spark to the ever cold pile of sticks under my ass. I am also working on getting the beginning phase of my greeting card line to the printing press. Yes, I do have a dream. That dream is to successfully market my cards and whatnots** so that they bring in some income. I am also hoping to have my website up and running (?) before the holidays. (Shit, I typed that out loud and now I might have to take accountability for it.) As part of that web site I will have some fun little tid bits like cotton caps, onesies and T’s for wee people. Another item is my ever broadening ass. While the daily white pill I swallow allows me to breathe and not dwell on the doom and gloom, it leaves me with little motivation to get my heart rate up over 75 beats per minute. To battle this problem, I will be swimming laps three times per week.
To help my in this area, I have Ms. Glam-O-Rama cracking the whip over my largesse to rid me of my butt roots and help get my life together. She has more get up and go than anybody I have ever met. If she can’t motivate me, I don’t think there is any hope.
So that’s about it. This is the beginning. Today I have already eaten most of Cassidy’s Reese’s Peanut Butter cups from her Halloween bag. My mother had eaten a couple and then I joined in. Once we saw the harm, Cass had counted them and knew EXACTLY how many she had, we decided to go ahead and eat the rest and replace them before she gets home from school. We’ll throw in a couple of extra for good measure. I actually worked for a bit of income and scrubbed the bathroom. I am also catching up on the 20 loads of laundry that have been lurking in corners for the past three weeks. That’s alot for me to do in one day. I hope I don’t crash and burn before the fifth of the month….

This is the site that greeted us as we went out to trick-or-treat last night.
*Okay, maybe not. But it sure sounded swell. The truth is that I am a true blue slacker.
**I am currently working on Mommy cards, Kid cards, small gift tags and an assortment of simple clothing items. They will all bear my designs that I have successfully kept hidden under the pile of rubble on my drafting table for years on end.